Codebook for ``Pass the Buck or the Buck Stops Here?  The Public Costs of Claiming and Deflecting Blame in Managing Crises"

TAPSdata.csv (data for "flood experiment" in "Four Governmental Crises" analyses)
--wustlid--unique TAPS ID for each respondent
--jan2018wt1--population survey weights for respondents in January 2018 TAPS wave
--Floodresponse--factor variable for treatment (control, blame claim, or blame deflect)
--handling_org--original coding of "handling" outcome (four-point ordinal scale with DK coded as NA)
--handling_bin--binary (0/1) approve/disapprove of executive's handling of the crisis (1 if somewhat or strongly approve, 0 otherwise)
--handling_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of executive's handling of the crisis (DK coded as NA)
--handling_5pt--four-point ordinal scale of executive's handling of the crisis with DK option
--vote_org--original coding of "vote choice" outcome (four-point ordinal scale with DK coded as NA)
--vote--binary (0/1) likely to vote for the executive in the next election (1 if somewhat or very likely, 0 otherwise)
--vote_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of likelihood of voting for the executive in the next election (DK coded as NA)
--vote_5pt--four-point ordinal scale of likelihood of voting for the executive in the next election with DK
--intelligent_org--original coding of outcome of executive's intelligent (five-point ordinal scale with DK option)
--honest_org--original coding of outcome of executive's honest (five-point ordinal scale with DK option)
--trustworthy_org--original coding of outcome of executive's trustworthy (five-point ordinal scale with DK option)
--leadership_org--original coding of outcome of executive's leadership (five-point ordinal scale with DK option)
--competent_org--original coding of outcome of executive's competence (five-point ordinal scale with DK option)
--intelligent_bin--original coding of outcome of executive's intelligent (1 if very or extremely well, 0 otherwise)
--honest_bin--original coding of outcome of executive's honest (1 if very or extremely well, 0 otherwise)
--trustworthy_bin--original coding of outcome of executive's trustworthy (1 if very or extremely well, 0 otherwise)
--leadership_bin--original coding of outcome of executive's leadership (1 if very or extremely well, 0 otherwise)
--competent_bin--original coding of outcome of executive's competence (1 if very or extremely well, 0 otherwise)
--traits_scale--additive scale of executive's five leadership traits
--blame_mayor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to mayor
--blame_president--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to president
--blame_congress--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to Congress
--blame_fema--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to FEMA
--blame_governor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to governor
--blame_council--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to city council
--blame_city_ema--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to city EMA
--blame_other--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to other
--age--four-point ordinal scale of respondent age
--female--binary indicator for whether the respondent is male (0) or female (1)
--white--binary indicator for whether the respondent is white
--black--binary indicator for whether the respondent is black
--asian--binary indicator for whether the respondent is Asian
--hispanic--binary indicator for whether the respondent is Hispanic
--educ--four-point ordinal scale of respondent education
--income--five-point ordinal scale of respondent income
--pid--categorical indicator of respondent party id
--ideo--categorical indicator of respondent ideology

MTurk_stylized_data.csv (data for "bridge collapse," "budget shortfall," and "heat wave" experiments in "Four Governmental Crises" analyses)
--ResponseID--unique ID for each respondent
--BCresponse--treatment indicator for bridge collapse experiment
--BSresponse--treatment indicator for budget shortfall experiment
--HWresponse--treatment indicator for heat wave experiment
--BCgovapprove_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovapprove_ord--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for bridge collapse experiment coded as a factor variable
--BSgovapprove_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovapprove_ord--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for budget shortfall experiment coded as a factor variable
--HWgovapprove_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovapprove_ord--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for heat wave experiment coded as a factor variable
--BCgovvote_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovvote_ord--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for bridge collapse experiment coded as a factor variable
--BSgovvote_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovvote_ord--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for budget shortfall experiment coded as a factor variable
--HWgovvote_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovvote_ord--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for heat wave experiment coded as a factor variable
--BCintelligent--original coding of outcome of executive's intelligent in bridge collapse experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BChonest--original coding of outcome of executive's honest in bridge collapse experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BCtrustworthy--original coding of outcome of executive's trustworthy in bridge collapse experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BCleadership--original coding of outcome of executive's leadership in bridge collapse experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BCcompetent--original coding of outcome of executive's competence in bridge collapse experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BCtraits--average of executive's leadership balance scale items for the bridge collapse experiment
--BSintelligent--original coding of outcome of executive's intelligent in budget shortfall experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BShonest--original coding of outcome of executive's honest in budget shortfall experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BStrustworthy--original coding of outcome of executive's trustworthy in budget shortfall experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BSleadership--original coding of outcome of executive's leadership in budget shortfall experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BScompetent--original coding of outcome of executive's competence in budget shortfall experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--BStraits--average of executive's leadership balance scale items for the budget shortfall experiment
--HWintelligent--original coding of outcome of executive's intelligent in heat wave experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--HWhonest--original coding of outcome of executive's honest in heat wave experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--HWtrustworthy--original coding of outcome of executive's trustworthy in heat wave experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--HWleadership--original coding of outcome of executive's leadership in heat wave experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--HWcompetent--original coding of outcome of executive's competence in heat wave experiment (five-point ordinal scale)
--HWtraits--average of executive's leadership balance scale items for the heat wave experiment
--BCblame_governor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to governor in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_president--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to president in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_congress--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to Congress in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_usdot--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to the US Department of Transportation in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_state_leg--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to state legislature in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_statedot--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to state department of transportation in bridge collapse experiment
--BCblame_other number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to other in bridge collapse experiment
--BSblame_governor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to governor in budget shortfall experiment
--BSblame_president--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to president in budget shortfall experiment
--BSblame_congress--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to Congress in budget shortfall experiment
--BSblame_state_leg--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to state legislature in budget shortfall experiment
--BSblame_other number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to other in budget shortfall experiment
--HWblame_mayor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to mayor in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_governor--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to governor in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_president--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to president in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_congress--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to Congress in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_fema--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_citycouncil--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to citycouncil in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_cema--number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to city emergency management agency in heat wave experiment
--HWblame_other number of blame points (out of 100) assigned to other in heat wave experiment
--age--four-point ordinal scale of respondent age
--female--binary indicator for whether the respondent is male (0) or female (1)
--race--categorical indicator for respondent race
--educ--four-point ordinal scale of respondent education
--income--six-point ordinal scale of respondent income
--pid--categorical indicator of respondent party id
--ideo--categorical indicator of respondent ideology

MTurk_stylized_data_ordering.csv (data for to test for ordering effects in "bridge collapse," "budget shortfall," and "heat wave" experiments in "Four Governmental Crises" analyses)
--ResponseID--unique respondent ID
--first_handling--handling outcome for respondent's first experiment
--first_vote--vote choice outcome for respondent's first experiment
--first_treatment--treatment indicator for respondent's first experiment
--second_handling--handling outcome for respondent's second experiment
--second_vote--vote choice outcome for respondent's second experiment
--second_treatment--treatment indicator for respondent's second experiment
--third_handling--handling outcome for respondent's third experiment
--third_vote--vote choice outcome for respondent's third experiment
--third_treatment--treatment indicator for respondent's third experiment

MTurk_factorial_data.csv (data for "bridge collapse," "budget shortfall," and "heat wave" factorial experiments)
--ResponseID--unique respondent ID
--BCresponse_blameclaim--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame claim treatment in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCresponse_blamedeflect--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame deflect treatment in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCseverity_mod--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the moderate severity treatment in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCseverity_high--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the high severity treatment in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCcopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship matched that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCnoncopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship contrasted with that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive (i.e., was an out-partisan) in the bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovapprove--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovvote--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BCgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for bridge collapse experiment
--BSresponse_blameclaim--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame claim treatment in the budget shortfall experiment
--BSresponse_blamedeflect--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame deflect treatment in the budget shortfall experiment
--BSseverity_mod--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the moderate severity treatment in the budget shortfall experiment
--BSseverity_high--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the high severity treatment in the budget shortfall experiment
--BScopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship matched that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive in the budget shortfall experiment
--BSnoncopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship contrasted with that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive (i.e., was an out-partisan) in the budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovapprove--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovvote--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--BSgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for budget shortfall experiment
--HWresponse_blameclaim--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame claim treatment in the heat wave experiment
--HWresponse_blamedeflect--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the blame deflect treatment in the heat wave experiment
--HWseverity_mod--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the moderate severity treatment in the heat wave experiment
--HWseverity_high--binary indicator for whether the respondent received the high severity treatment in the heat wave experiment
--HWcopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship matched that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive in the heat wave experiment
--HWnoncopart--binary indicator for whether the respondent's partisanship contrasted with that of the randomly assigned partisanship of the executive (i.e., was an out-partisan) in the heat wave experiment
--HWgovapprove--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovapprove_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovvote--four-point ordinal scale of vote choice outcome for heat wave experiment
--HWgovvote_bin--binary indicator of vote choice outcome for heat wave experiment
--age--four-point ordinal scale of respondent age
--female--binary indicator for whether the respondent is male (0) or female (1)
--race--categorical indicator for respondent race
--educ--four-point ordinal scale of respondent education
--income--six-point ordinal scale of respondent income
--pid--categorical indicator of respondent party id
--ideo--categorical indicator of respondent ideology

MTurk_flint_data.csv (data for Flint experiment)
--ResponseID--unique respondent ID
--treatment--treatment indicator
--handling_4pt--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome
--handling_bin--binary indicator of handling outcome
--handling_ord--four-point ordinal scale of handling outcome as a factor variable
--stay--binary indicator for whether the respondent thinks the governor should remain in office (vs. resign from office or unsure)
--office_ord--trichotomous indicator for whether the respondent things the governor should remain in office, resign from office, or is unsure
--age--four-point ordinal scale of respondent age
--female--binary indicator for whether the respondent is male (0) or female (1)
--race--categorical indicator for respondent race
--educ--four-point ordinal scale of respondent education
--income--six-point ordinal scale of respondent income
--pid--categorical indicator of respondent party id
--ideo--categorical indicator of respondent ideology